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Show 'liil! IIIVIHICi: I'llOIILKK." The latest ltntrtant cnntrlbuLloii lo thu many ttlsserttllons mi dlvurcsi I-msdeby I-msdeby Iho JmlriKiulint, wlil.'lt pre-tents pre-tents n valuable symjigsluni of (he nnliiluiisof uelitleniell nu.illllt-d (o ex press (he! Helves Inlslllgeilly and clearly on tlm subject. Wlut..wri"ii-; luslont they tiach, the main fat is In i the clue reunln iiuchatiKed nn I ask our j best attention to a problem of lucrmst) Ing liuiortnncei nud corresponding difficulty dif-ficulty Wn htnr fruni tluiu lu (hue that divorces aro more fmpietit tliau furiiirly and uudersUtuil tu a general way that there It danger lu , ilie prrsim. tendency lu legal sria . ration utter iuirrlae, but we do not urteu sto)t to cousldvr whither Itut ttrtdency It leading us nr lo linpilrii cl'snly Into statistics which mlgiit I show ut mora than we ciro (oknoar. I llui the article In the iWryitunVef, wiltleu by W. H. Wlllmx, 1'h. I)., makes plain In two or three numerical siatetnenls the status of coiiUinuorary dlvorcu legislation, and l-uves ut Willi the convlcllou that thu business of illvoii'o la more w lde)y tpn ad than we h 1 1 suiipoutl. I li the hit t enly j ears, acculdllig lo Ilr. Wlllcx, llielo have Itreu stout ."15.V0) genuine illMircts lor known causes lu tldt louiitry, u'id InliiSl wugrantod mote thin nil the rtst of thu Clirl-llau uorld. besldit In thai year thu number of divorces lu the United Hlawa t n more than il.iwo, and )e( iiii,'I,n.it , were grunted hi the leiirtiieler of! America and lu Chrlalliti l.tirtiie. Hi la nut prosmcil tu say, at Una tlmv whether this numlier wat too great or tooBiutll; It lawltalll, liuleetl, that in niiny casta legal septraUous of man and wire wire ellictul where they shouVlliavola-eit nfuttsl. and mually certain that divorce should have laeil granted III other Intttucis, If dlviucu lu Ihrory and practice It right; l-.it there Is luod for thought lu tho simple muni aa they ure glvtu by Dr. Wilms. Mr. Hlmou i:. Ilildwin, of New Haven, well Ittiowu is it I lecturer on law, and more rttviitly aa Iho i. resident of the Auirilcau liar Assoi'lallou.lsi'illllhdlii riaelal Inuring Inur-ing when lie declares Ills cilnlou on thasiillict, andll l ttrll lu Ihlt plncu lo note the pbnse of the matter whlih he pieseuta. He tats (hat ui.lfomilly us In the causes of divorce la hardly lo Iwhopclfor lu llio Ulilti-lriUtis. but that then Is no reason why Iheru thuulliietlw iiiilformlty everywhere lu the main con lltloiis of illvorivJurlt ilh'llon. I ii other words, It should not he iiosslble for n t ison legally divorced lu one HUtu tu be not divorced lu another. Tho usual doctrine c( private International law reuulres that ono parly to the divorce should have had hit home, hit legal domicile. In the Htate or county granting thu divorce, hut saline of our r-Ultra gruutlt to a man orwomau simply resident within their limits, whllu the nctuil domicile of siii.Ii person Isjhundredt or tiioiitiiuds of tulle away. As an Illustration oflhelrdubloeileeted by tin condition of attaint, Mr. Daldwlti dice Iho case of an Dngllshmaii who came to this country a few years ago, leaving Ids wile U hind him, and settling In lean. sos. A year after his removal to that Htate, he applied for a divorce: notice was given to hlawlfu by publication, as the law of thatHlatu require, mid, Ihoiighsliehad uo actual knowledge oi the suit, and, therefore, could not an is ar to defend herself, the man's -etl lion was granted, and ho married again. When lilt llrst wife learned uf the occurrence, shu applied for a ul-vorce ul-vorce iu Huglaud on llio ground of hit adultery wllh tile other woman, nud the F.ligllsll court granted her plea, holding that thu Kansas marrlagu was null, UiMusethe luan'sactualdumlcllo wat in .nzland,thougli he had made hit resident u In Kansas. Thu lunuoll occasioned oc-casioned by these two legal actions Is at will liutlKlmd as iletcrlbed. A' lumoJy quick and tlllctent It not easy to llml, although much lues beeu said and written uu thu suljecl, and all nre agreed that some reform should lie Instituted, it It proHiteil In toiuu quarters that an amendment to thu Federal Constitution Isi wloplcd, giving giv-ing nuthorlly aver marriages lo thu National (lovcrumeul, and In ntliert, wheru Ihepriaeutwlwlomuf this nctlon It dotilited, that uniformity la, bright I alsiut lu thu divorce 1 iws iitlhosuv.ial I Hlatet. There It, linked, activity nling the latter lliu in the preaint time, and (ontlderuble prugrtss la liroUibluliithu tarly future; iiut th,' varltncuof Hute rtrulalloiia Is very great nn J tho problem confronting Iho iv.lo It yearly glowing grtaier.--livtkletice Journal. |